That notorious fallacy about human memory being short

It is short on the surface and long underneath. Every experience and event in our lives, whether in the neighborhood or abroad, leaves a mark on our psyche. We may not be aware of it, but the brain lives by association and it records everything as a matter of routine. It may not be possible for us to recollect the details exactly, but our reactions to people, places and events are all based on these recordings, which we call memories. We may exhort to rise above our prejudices of race, caste and culture; but when we meet a stranger, a foreigner or a person whom we hate or love, we react in a certain way. That very reaction occurs from deep-seated memories from the forgotten past. The brain, having taken millennia to evolve into what it is today, is not restricted to memories of this life alone. The memories of ancient past control our behavior as much as our experiences in the daily life. Human memory is quite long indeed.